Willard Decker

Captain Willard "Will" Decker was a human male who served as the commanding officer of the Federation starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701). He was later temporarily reduced in rank to commander to serve as the vessel's first officer when Rear Admiral James T. Kirk took command during the V'Ger probe crisis in 2270.

Decker was declared missing in action after merging his consciousness with the V'Ger probe. Decker had a previous relationship with the Enterprise's navigator, Ilia. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)

Decker's father was the late Starfleet flag officer, Commodore Matthew Decker.

Early Starfleet career

Decker was a cadet serving aboard the USS Discovery in 2256. (DIS: "Into the Forest I Go")

Fan continuities

Star Trek: Phase II

In the Doomsday War alternate timeline created by the destruction of the USS Enterprise by the Doomsday machine, Kirk, Spock and McCoy traveled back to 2006 and were given Commodore Decker's uniform, to be given as a gift to Willard. (Star Trek: Phase II: "In Harm's Way")

Officers of the starships Enterprise
	CO	XO	CMO	SCI	ENG	TAC	SEC	HELM	NAV	COMM
NCC-1701:	April Pike Kirk Decker Spock	Pike | Chin-Riley | Spock | Decker | Sulu	April Boyce M'Benga Piper McCoy Chapel	Lucero Spock Chekov Kyle Sonak Decker Saavik	Louvier Hemmer Pelia Scott DeSalle Cleary	Noonien-Singh Sulu Chekov	Noonien-Singh Giotto Freeman Chekov	Chin-Riley Mann Ortegas G. Mitchell H. Sulu Leslie Hadley Kyle DePaul Hansen Spinelli Walking Bear	Tyler | Amin J. Mitchell Kelso Alden | Bailey Farrell | Hadley | Riley Stiles | Latimer | DeSalle Osborne | Painter Chekov | Leslie | Haines Arex | Ilia | DiFalco Saavik	Garison Nicola Christina Shankar Alden Uhura Farrell Hadley Palmer Martine M'Ress
NX-01 | NX-01 (mirror) | NCC-1701 | NCC-1701 (alt) | NCC-1701 (mirror) | NCC-1701-A | NCC-1701-B | NCC-1701-C | NCC-1701-D | NCC-1701-E | NCC-1701-F | NCC-1701-G

External links

• Willard Decker article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
• Willard Decker article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.